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...most liberal and far-reaching version, passed by two House committees, would tie the rates the public plan pays health-care providers to what Medicare reimburses. Given that Medicare reimbursement rates can be 30% lower than those paid by private insurers, such a system could be a powerful one at holding down costs and could save the Federal Government $110 billion over 10 years, according to the most recent estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (The Federal Government's costs here would primarily be the subsidies it gives low- and middle-income people to help pay their premiums...
...Making blocks is just as fun as getting the ball,” junior receiver Marco Iannuzzi said. “If you can run, there’s no reason to pass. It only becomes an issue when the running game’s not working...
...support behind the extension of the tax refund, adding it to a bill that would extend unemployment benefits. On Nov. 2, the Senate voted to close debate on the bill, which means a final vote to approve the bill would come later this week. It is expected to pass both houses of Congress easily...
...long campaign of murder and violence against Arabs, gays and other groups. Israeli authorities said Yaakov (Jack) Teitel, 37, confessed to fatally shooting two Arabs in 1997 in retaliation for Palestinian suicide bombings. His alleged crimes also include stabbing and wounding an Arab man he believed had made a pass at him and bombing the homes of a left-wing professor and a family that belonged to a messianic Jewish sect; the professor and a 15-year-old boy were wounded in the two attacks. A West Bank settler born in Florida, Teitel reportedly kept bombmaking matriel and automatic...
...been thwarted across the board: Afghanistan is a mess, Iran seems ready to scuttle the nuclear negotiations, there's no progress in the Middle East, the Syrians and North Koreans remain recalcitrant, the Russians have been offered a freebie on missile defense, and the Chinese have been given a pass on human rights with no apparent quid pro quos...